9,600 CHF
By the Great French Goldsmith François-Désiré Froment-Meurice French, the case, dial and fob made by François-Désiré Froment-Meurice, the movement Swiss. Made circa 1850. Very fine and extremely rare, yellow gold, electrotype silver, niello and rose-cut diamond, keyless pocket watch with the original yellow gold and silver fob chain and a gold South African Pond of 1894. Four-body, yellow gold with electrotype silver decoration, the bezel with overlapping continuous pattern, the band with vitruvian scroll pattern, hinged back cover with a central panel depicting "la chasse" in high relief, foliate border with four yellow gold trophies, outermost border with continuous overlapping pattern and four yellow gold flowerheads. Hinged yellow gold cuvette. Nielloed silver with a bird and foliate scroll design, inlaid yellow gold chapter ring with radial Roman numerals and dot half-hour divisions. Rose-cut diamond-set fleur-de-lis hands. 18’’’, matte gilt, 8 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, cylinder escapement, matte gilt three-arm balance, flat blued steel balance spring, index regulator. Cuvette signed Froment Meurice. Diam. 47 mm. Notes François-Désiré Froment-Meurice (1802-1855) Was amongst the most renowned silversmiths of mid-nineteenth century Paris. He was a historicist whose work encompassed the Renaissance, medieval and Islamic styles typically with a profusion of ornament. Combining traditional and new techniques of chasing, engraving and electrotype and electro-platin
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-03-20
